Rail-joint



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J. D. GREEN.

BAIL JOINT.

Patented July 7, 1885.

No. 32L715.,

WITWESSES UNITED STATES ATENT. Erice.

JOSEPH DELOS GREEN, OF COLOMA, MISSOURI.

vmit-JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.321,715, dated July 7,1885.

Application inea July 14, reel. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, J OsEPH DELos GREEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Coloma, in the county of Carroll and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to certain improvements in railway-joints, and is designed, objectively, to produce a device whereby the contiguous ends Of the rails may be quickly, easily, and securely fastened together, the connecting device resting either O11 the ties or between them.

In describing the device reference Will be made to the annexed drawings, in which Figure l represents an elevation Of a railjoint; Fig. 2, a plan view, partly in section; Fig. 8, a cross-section of the device, aid Fig. 4 a detail view of the securing-pin.

A designates the meeting ends of two contiguous rails. To support these ends and properly connect them, are two interlocking pieces, B and C, respectively. One, B, has on one side an inwardly-projecting iiange, D, which is adapted to iit over and retain the iiange ofthe rail. It has also a continued base, E, at the extremity of which is raised a right-angle iiange, F, as shown. The other piece, C, has a iiange, G, corresponding to the one D, and for the same purpose. Projecting from the piece C, so that when in position the rail shall rest on it, is an extension, H, having at its end a downward flange, I; also, the piece C is continued downward, and grooved at K for the reception of the ange F. This iiange is somewhat thicker at one end than at the other, so that when the two pieces B and C are placed in the position shown in Fig. 3 there shall be a space remaining centrally through the device that shall be adapted to receive the pin L, which is sharpened at the point for convenience in insertion, and which when driven home forces the two pieces to properly interlock. When the pin is in proper position to prevent all danger of its becoming loose and falling out, small projections are knocked up On the said pin.

To prevent the device slipping on the rails, one or both of the pieces are provided with lugs M, which set in corresponding recesses, N, in the rails. The recesses are made longer than the lugs, to allow for the contraction and expansion of the rails.

Having described the device, what I claim 1s l. A rail-joint chair consisting of two pieces embracing the flanges of the rails, one piece having an extended base with a right-angle flange, said base extending under the rails, and the other piece a midway-flanged eXtension, on which the rails rest, and a grooved downward projection, said groove receiving the right-angle iiange, the interlocking parts resting entirely under the rails, and being se- I cured by a pin, substantially as and for the purpose speciiied.

2. A rail-joint chair consisting of two pieces embracing the anges of the rails, one piece having an extended base under the rails, and

having a right-angle iiange, and the otherk piece a midway-flanged extension, on which the rails rest, and a downward grooved projection, one or both pieces having lugs which engage in enlarged recesses in the rails, and secured together by a pin, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH DELOS GREEN.

Vitnesses:

JOHN MORRIS, P. D. FrsHER. 

